This video of the MiniCheetah will blow your mind! It is titled "Regulated Predictive Control Minicheetah Demo Compilation" and is from Biomimetics MIT. Take a look and hang on to your hat at 0:44. Incredible! (via IEEE SPECTRUM).
Friday, January 31, 2020
Saturday, January 25, 2020
Adam Savage Tests Boston Dynamics' Spot Robot
Adam welcomes a new member to the Tested family: Boston Dynamics' Spot robot. Spot testing will be going on all year long at Adam's Tested.com! Don't miss out on any of the Adam & Spot videos! Subscribe (and click the bell for notifications): http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...
Friday, January 24, 2020
NASA's Next Moon Rover - VIPER
VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) will search for water ice in the Moon’s south pole craters. VIPER will noodle around the permanently shaded craters at the Moon’s south pole looking for water ice, which can (eventually) be harvested and turned into breathable air and rocket fuel. All this in preparation for humans to return to the lunar surface.
Read all about it here at IEEE SPECTRUM.
Saturday, January 18, 2020
Saturday, January 4, 2020
Under the 2019 Christmas Tree
I got a couple of great robot surprises under the Christmas tree this year. I wasn't expecting either!
My wife, Dawnell, got me this cool long-sleeve T-shirt from Cafe Press. It is based, of course, on the Vitruvian Man drawing made by Leonardo da Vinci, but with a bot theme.
The other surprise was from my children. It is an inexpensive little bot called Novie. It is available at lots of retailers (including Amazon and Walmart) for under $15. A feature-rich bot for the price - with multi-color LED eyes, IR distance sensors/receivers, a speaker for cool sounds (somenaughty a bit rude!) - it has three "training" modes and you can teach it tricks using your hands. Tracy and Thomas got me the red model.
Here are some photos from the website, a couple of commercials for Novie (highlighting the "fart-nado" feature - spinning with sound), and a "training" video. You'll see that there is lots of fun for the price!
My wife, Dawnell, got me this cool long-sleeve T-shirt from Cafe Press. It is based, of course, on the Vitruvian Man drawing made by Leonardo da Vinci, but with a bot theme.
The other surprise was from my children. It is an inexpensive little bot called Novie. It is available at lots of retailers (including Amazon and Walmart) for under $15. A feature-rich bot for the price - with multi-color LED eyes, IR distance sensors/receivers, a speaker for cool sounds (some
Here are some photos from the website, a couple of commercials for Novie (highlighting the "fart-nado" feature - spinning with sound), and a "training" video. You'll see that there is lots of fun for the price!
What a great Christmas! It is always nice to get a robotic treat under the tree. I hope you got something too!
